Desaster management pptx

2. • A disaster is a serious disruption occurring over a short or long period of time that
causes widespread human, material, economic or environmental loss which exceeds
the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources.
• Developing countries suffer the greatest costs when a disaster hits – more than 95
percent of all deaths caused by hazards occur in developing countries, and losses
due to natural hazards are 20 times greater (as a percentage of GDP) in developing
countries than in industrialized countries. No matter what society disasters occur in,
they tend to induce change in government and social life. They may even alter the
course of history by broadly affecting entire populations and exposing
mismanagement or corruption regardless of how tightly information is controlled in
a society.

3. • A disaster is a sudden, calamitous event that seriously disrupts the functioning
of a community or society and causes human, material, and economic or
environmental losses that exceed the community’s or society’s ability to cope
using its own resources. Though often caused by nature, disasters can have
human origins.
• A disaster occurs when a hazard impacts on vulnerable people.
• The combination of hazards, vulnerability and inability to reduce the potential
negative consequences of risk results in disaster.
(VULNERABILITY+ HAZARD
) / CAPACITY = DISASTER

4. • Disasters are routinely divided into natural or human-
made, although complex disasters, where there is no single root
cause, are more common in developing countries. A specific
disaster may spawn a secondary disaster that increases the
impact. A classic example is an earthquake that causes
a tsunami, resulting in coastal flooding. Some manufactured
disasters have been ascribed to nature.
• Some researchers also differentiate between recurring events
such as seasonal flooding, and those considered unpredictable.

5. • A natural disaster is a natural process or phenomenon that may cause loss of life, injury or
other health impacts, property damage, loss of livelihoods and services, social and economic
disruption, or environmental damage.
• Various phenomena like earthquakes, landslides, volcanic eruptions, floods, hurricanes,
tornadoes, blizzards, tsunamis, cyclones and pandemics are all natural hazards that kill
thousands of people and destroy billions of dollars of habitat and property each year. However,
the rapid growth of the world's population and its increased concentration often in hazardous
environments has escalated both the frequency and severity of disasters. With the tropical
climate and unstable landforms, coupled with deforestation, unplanned growth proliferation,
non-engineered constructions make the disaster-prone areas more vulnerable. Developing
countries suffer more or less chronically from natural disasters due to ineffective
communication combined with insufficient budgetary allocation for disaster prevention and
management.
• Airplane crashes and terrorist attacks are examples of man-made disasters: they cause
pollution, kill people, and damage property. This example is of the September 11 attacks in
2001 at the World Trade Center in New York.

6. • Agricultural diseases & pests.
• Damaging Winds.
• Drought and water shortage.
• Emergency diseases (pandemic influenza)
• Earthquakes.
• Extreme heat.
• Floods and flash floods.
• Hail.

7. Anthropogenic hazard
• Human-instigated disasters
are the consequence of
technological or human
hazards. Examples
include stampedes, fires,
transport
accidents, industrial
accidents, oil spills, terrorist
attacks, nuclear
explosions/nuclear
radiation. War and
deliberate attacks may also
be put in this category.

8. • Anthropogenic hazard
• Other types of induced disasters include the more cosmic
scenarios of catastrophic global warming, nuclear war,
and bioterrorism.
• One opinion argues that all disasters can be seen as human-
made, due to human failure to introduce appropriate emergency
management measures.

9. • The Disaster Management Act was passed by the Lok Sabha on
28 November 2005, and by the Rajya Sabha on 12 December
2005. It received the assent of the President of India on 9 January
2006. The Act calls for the establishment of a National Disaster
Management Authority (NDMA), with the Prime Minister of India
as chairperson. The NDMA has no more than nine members at a
time, including a Vice-Chairperson.

10. • Disaster management in India refers to
the conservation of lives and property
during natural or man-made disasters.
Disaster management plans are multi-
layered and are planned to address
issues such as floods, hurricanes, fires,
mass failure of utilities, rapid spread of
disease and droughts.
• India is especially vulnerable to natural
disasters because of its unique geo-
climatic condition, having recurrent
floods, droughts, cyclones, earthquakes,
and landslides. As India is a very large
country, different regions are vulnerable
to different natural disasters. For
example, during rainy season the
peninsular regions of South India is
mostly affected by cyclones and states
of West India experience severe drought
during summer.

11. • On 1 June 2016, Pranab Mukherjee,
the Ex President of India, launched
the Disaster Management Plan of
India, which seeks to provide help
and direction to government
agencies for prevention, mitigation
and management of disasters. This is
the first plan nationally since the
enactment of the Disaster
Management Act of 2005.
•
A disaster management plan is a
preventative plan designed to reduce
the harmful effects of a disaster like a
hurricane or extreme storms. By
creating a disaster management
plan ahead of time, before
a disaster strikes, you can prepare
your organization to meet
a disaster as it comes.

12. • Developing the
tools, processes
and best
practices to meet
the demands of
the increasing
number of
disasters.

13. •
Before organizations can improve
their disaster response capabilities
with new technology and training,
they must have a clear idea of the
problems they are trying to solve and
have processes and practices in place
to address the problems.
• Ongoing challenges in disaster
management — such as cross-border
issues when disasters affect more
than one country, or the need to
normalize data so that critical
information can be quickly
communicated, understood and acted
upon — reinforce the need for such
clarity and structure.

14. •
Organizations that are engaged in disaster management need technology solutions
that will enable them to provide lifesaving response and recovery assistance to the
people who need their help when disasters strike.
• Increasingly disaster management organizations look for applications that are
industry-proven, robust, cost-effective, interoperable and, in some cases, able to
operate with limited or intermittent connectivity and various levels of network
capacity. When considering disaster management solutions, it’s important to look
for the following capabilities and benefits:
• Optimized situational awareness. Real-time communication, data management and
data transmission deliver a full picture of the situation.
• Support for mobile, Web-based access across a range of devices. All components
and people are connected in fixed and field locations.

15. • A combination of powerful security and performance, System
security and reliability.
• Interoperable, collaborative environment. Responders save lives
by improving information flow across all types of boundaries.
• Comprehensive system manageability. All facets of the solution
are designed to work together.